Exposure to different lab procedures for different science topics
Practise techniques and safety procedures and using different lab materials
Promote student interest
Learn from others
New ideas, ways of thinking
Novel approaches
Refresh lab skills
Feedback, improvement
Practise
Find out what works
Cut down on time/resource requirements
Save supplies
Gain appreciation for amount of scaffolding required for students to initiate their work
Open mind to new techniques, ways of demonstrating principles
Boost efficiency in conducting lab work with students
Safety
Making solutions prior to lab
Pre lab questions
Getting apparatus set up
Learn from others
Gather new ideas
Refresh lab skills
Practise designing labs
Enduring learning concepts
Consolidation of knowledge
Learn key elements
Cover several experiments in a short time
Variety of approaches
Limited materials can still perform lab
To be exposed to a variety of demos and ways of presenting them
Work out flaws
Promote interest
Learn and critique
Proper lab technique
Have fun
Exchange new information
Efficiency and time saving
Experiential learning experience
Prior knowledge and pre-lab ideas
Practice quick thinking and adaptability
Students can learn from their peers
Many labs in one class with limited amount of time
Hands-on experience
Compare and contrast different labs
Encourage development of practical skills
Engaging examples of STSE
Foster nascent inquiry and application thought pathways
Connect theory to practical, hands-n experience
What are your take away ideas from today?
Labs work better if you extend prelab into previous day/homework
Encouraging students to develop their own protocol before supplying one – strengthens application and inquiry skills
Scaffolding
How to improve labs
How to run a lab carousel
Provide a nice story to go with the lab
How to plan assessment before, during and after the lab
Students might get discouraged or unmotivated with long and complicated labs
Some very good lab ideas
Use an external ‘audience’ such as Merck Frosst –allow for an ‘authentic assessment’ whereby class skills could be used in applications outside class
Inquiry based investigation skills, chemistry knowledge
Inquiry based labs can be used to ‘extend’ a short lab or a lab with a lot of wait time
Labs that are quick and easy and where there is a colour change are more interesting. Seeing different labs gives me an idea of the different ways in which a lab can be structured.
It was fun! We should do more carousels
I like the idea of working the lab into a themed story
Participation, scaffolding, self-help
Got ideas/feedback regarding how to improve lab activity/writeup
Good technique to present different concepts
Can be a bit rushed so needs to be well timed and organized
Need to carefully choose the lab activities (ask yourself, are they possible to carry out?)
Safety is always important, and must be continually reinforced by teacher vigilance
Instructions need to be carefully worded without too much extraneous information.
A fun and low pressure way to introduce lab skills to students
Make sure the lab demo can be completed in 15 minutes
Visual is an important aspect (colour change)
How to run a lab carousel – they are a small quick way to get the ideas of possible labs – collaboration
What are your objectives in a lab carousel?
What are your take away ideas from today?
HAVE FUN!!!!